Cotton-cultivator.



No. 842,159. PATENTED $1111.29, 1907;

G. W. ABERNETHY.

COTTON GULTIVAT OR.

APPLICATION I'ILE'D NOV. 13, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COTTON-CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1906. Serial No. 343.222.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

To all, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE l/V. ABER- NETHY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lowell, in the county of Gaston and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Cultivator, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cotton-cultivators, and has for its object tosimplify the construction of devices of this character and to so arrangethe parts as to enable the cultivator to be drawn close to a row ofsmall plants without danger of covering or injuring said plants.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, wh ich will behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cultivator. Fig.2 is an enlarged horizontal section through one end of the adjustablebeam and through the fender connected thereto, and Fig. 3 is a detailview of a modified form of fender.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is a beam, havinga standard 2, extending downward from the rear portion thereof andconstituting the pivot of a crossbeam 3, to which a series of standards4 are connected, each of these standards, as well as the standard 2,carrying a shovel or point 5. A brace-strip 6 is secured to the lowerface of the beam 1, and the standard 2 extends through one end of thisstrip. One end of the beam 3 is beveled, as shown at 7, and a blade 8 isfastened thereon by means of a bolt 9. This bolt has an angular portion10. which is seated within a slot 11 formed within the blade, andbytightening the bolt within the end of the beam 3 the blade 8 can besecured in any position to which it may be ad justed vertically. Theangular portion 10 of the bolt projects into the beam so as to preventthe bolt from rotating, and this angular portion also prevents the bladefrom turning upon the bolt. The forward or advancing edge of the bladeis curved downward and rearwardly, as shown at 12, and is sharpened.This blade is located close to one of the shovels 5 and constitutes afender, inasmuch as it permits the cultivator to be drawn close to a rowof plants without danger of any of the plants becoming covered. The beam3 can be adjusted to any desired angle in relation to the beam 1, therebeing a curved bracestrip 13, which is secured to the beam 1 and extendsover the beam 3. This base-strip has a plurality of openings 14, any oneof which is adapted to receive a bolt 15 or other engaging means uponthe beam 3. 16 extend rearwardly from the beam 1 and are preferablysupported between their ends by a standard 17, as shown. 1

It will be understood that when this cultivator is drawn forward thesame can be disposed close to a row of small plants, and the earthupturned by the shovels will be prevented by the fender 8 from fallingupon the plants. The fender is adapted to travel upon or cut slightlyinto the ground. Instead of Handles using a blade 8 for a fender anordinary disk 18 (shown in Fig. 3) may be substituted therefor, saiddisk serving to protect the plants from the upturned soil. It will beseen that the cultivator herein described is of very simple and durableconstruction, and by using the same the soilbetween rows of young plantscan be cultivated with absolutely no danger of the plants being coveredor otherwise injured.

The preferred form of the invention has been set forth in the foregoingdescription; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the claim.

What is claimed is In a cultivator the combination with a beam, across-beam pivotally connected thereto and having a beveled end andmeans for adjustably securing the beam at a desired angle to thefirst-mentioned beam; of a longitudinally-slotted blade upon the beveledend of the cross-beam and depending therefrom, said blade constituting afender, and non-rotatable meanssecured within the cross-beam andextending through the slot for clamping the blade in adjusted positionthereon, the lower end of said blade being rounded an( sharpened. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. ABERNETHY. Witnesses:

JOHN D. OBRIEN, SLOAN. SPRINGS.

